A Business Disability Forum guide to best practice for recruiting and retaining disabled people
The subject of this newsletter relates to a free preview of the Retention Toolkit & Maturity Model guide which was prepared by the Business Disability Forum (BDF). The BDF is a UK organisation that works with public and private sector organisations which assists in making it easier to do business with and employ people with disabilities. The main Retention Toolkit & Maturity Model document is a guide for recruiting and retaining disabled people and the free 16-page preview document provides 8 useful tips on how to achieve this. The Retention Toolkit dates from April 2016 but is an electronic resource which is subject to continuous updates. The 8 useful tips for recruiting and retaining disabled people are as follows:
- Look at your talent attraction strategy.
- Make sure websites are fully accessible.
- Work experience and trials.
- Make sure that any recruitment supplier or partner is disability confident.
- Have a workplace adjustment process which delivers the right adjustment quickly.
- Build the skills and confidence of line managers.
- Active engagement with any employees that have been absent.
- Create an employee network with links to senior leaders.
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